Combination prophylactic and lubricant therefor



Dc. 27, 1966 s. PENKSA 3,294,230

COMBINATION PROPHYLACTIC AND LUBRICANT THEREFOR Filed Sept. 25, 1964 INVENTOR.

smnuzx PENKSA BY v ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,294,230 COMBINATION PROPHYLACTIC AND LUBRICANT THEREFOR Stanley Penska, Worcester, N.Y. 12197 Filed Sept. 25, 1964, Ser. No. 399,169 1 Claim. (Cl. 20663.2)

This invention relates to prophylactics or similar devices or appliances intended to prevent the transmission of venereal disease.

It is Well known that it is necessary to apply a lubricating cream, jelly, or the like to a prophylactic prior to use. Various unsatisfactory means have hitherto been made use of to supply such lubricating means together with the prophylactic in a single package. Such attempts have usually failed because the lubricant was in contact with the prophylactic in the package. However, the lubricant was not inert with respect to the rubber prophylactic and tended to, so to say, eat away on the rubber and thus damage it, during the time between the packaging and using the prophylactic.

An object of the present invention is the provision of the combination of a prophylactic and a lubricant therefor in a single package wherein the prophylactic and the lubricant are not only hermetically sealed but are sealed from each other.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a single package containing two mutually separate and sealed compartments wherein one compartment contains the prophylactic and the other compartment contains a suflicient quantity of lubricant for a single application to the prophylactic.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a single package as set forth in the preceding paragraph, wherein means is provided for separately opening each compartment; for example, for first opening the compartment which contains the prophylactic and then, preferably prior to applying the prophylactic to the organ so that the organ may first be lubricated, opening the compartment containing the lubricant so that the contents may be squeezed out.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of the single package mentioned above out of a thin plastic material or other suitable pliable and flexible material.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of the said single combination package having two mutually sealed and separated comparements either superimposed one upon the other or positioned side by side, one compartment containing the prophylactic and the other containing the lubricant, with both compartments being provided with means facilitating the opening thereof to expose or gain access thereinto.

The above as well as additional objects will be clarified in the following description wherein reference numerals refer to like-numbered parts in the accompanying drawing. It is to be noted that the drawing is intended primarily for the purpose of illustration and that it is therefore neither desired nor intended to limit the invention to any or all of the details shown or described except insofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring briefly to the drawing, FIG. 1 is a top plan view of one form of the combination prophylactic and lubricant.

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of FIG. 1 but with the rolled up prophylactic shown in side v1ew.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the tear strip of the prophylactic containing compartment partly torn away.

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of a modified form of the combination.

Patented Dec. 27, 1966 FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of the modified form.

Referring detail to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates one form of the combination package containing the prophylactic 11 and the lubricant 12. Herein the package is shown to consist of a common wall or layer 13 of plastic or the like which separates the prophylactic compartment 14 from the lubricant compartment 15. The other wallof the compartment 15 is shown at 16 and consists of a sheet pressed or otherwise shaped into a basin-like form having its opposed side edges 17 and end edges 18 heat-sealed or otherwise sealed to the complementary edges of the sheet 13.

The other wall of the compartment 14 is shown at 19. This wall is shaped similarly to the wall 16 and has the same width as but a greater length than the wall 16, except that the portion or end thereof provided by the greater length thereof is narrower than the remainder of the wall to provide an outwardly extending grip tab 20. The wall 19 similarly has its opposed side edges 21 and end edges 22 sealed to the complementary edges of the sheet or wall 13.

The rolled up prophylactic 11 is positioned within the compartment 14 and the lubricant is contained within the compartment 15. Thus both the prophylactic and the lubricant are hermetically sealed from each other.

It is to be noted that the opposed side edges of the tab 20 are aligned with the opposed side edges of the compartment 14 within the wall 12. Continuous tear lines 23 and 24 are provided along these aligned edges, extending from the left-hand edge of the edge portion 22 at the left to the left-hand edge of the edge portion 22 at the right. These tear lines may be in the form of indentations in the well known manner, or in any other manner, or they may have substituted therefor any other suitable means to facilitate opening of the compartment to expose the prophylactic. The continuous strip which includes the tab 20 and the portion of the wall 19 between the tear lines 23 and 24 is shown at 19a in FIG. 4. It is thus apparent that to gain access to the prophylactic all that is necessary is to grasp the tab 20 and tear it away in the manner illustrated in FIG. 4.

As for the compartment 15, a transverse tear line 25 is shown extending through the walls 13 and 16 across the width thereof along the inner edges of the edge portion at one end of the package. Thus, after opening the compartment 14 and removing the prophylactic, the compartment 15 is opened by merely tearing off one edge of the remaining package along the tear line 25. The tear line 25 may be applied at either end of the package, as it need not necessarily be at the left-hand end, as shown. Other means for facilitating opening of the compartment 16 may be provided, however, such as, for example, a tear string, not shown, but well known.

In the modification shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the combination package consists of two substantially like members or portions 26 and 27, the former for the prophylactic and the latter for the lubricant. A sheet 28 provides a common bottom wall for both members and thus serves to join them end to end. However, instead of being thus joined end to end, the bottom wall 28 may be made so that it joins the two portions along their longer sides instead of their shorter sides or ends, not shown. Sealed to the wall 28 are two spaced basin-shaped covers substantialy similar to the body 16, enclosing sealed compartments, not shown, similar to the compartments 14 and 15. Along one edge of each compartment a tear line 31 or 32 is provided, adapted to have the edge of the member beyond the tear line torn away to expose the contents of the compartment. Here again, other suitable means, such as, for example, a tear string, not shown, may be substituted for the tear lines to facilitate opening of the compartment.

Thus a sanitary hermeticallysealed combination pack- H age containing both the prophylactic and the lubricant has been provided wherein the contents of the two compartments are entirely separated from each other but are both readily accessible with a minimum of efiort.

It is to be noted that the basin shaped walls described above consist, each, of a basin-shaped portion from the rim of which the peripheral edges, i.e., 21 and 22, FIG. 1, and 17 and 18, FIG. 2, extend and lie in a common plane.

It is also to be noted that tear lines, which are usually formed of indentations or the like, are the full equivalent of tear strings in that both provide means which facilitate opening of a compartment without the need to use a knife, scissors or any other implement.

The invention having thus been described, What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is as follows:

A combination package of pliable material having two spaced compartments including a first compartment containing a lubricant and a second compartment containing a prophylactic, the package consisting of a substantially flat first wall common to both compartments and providing one Wall of each compartment, a second wall for said first compartment and a second wall for said second compartment, said second wall being mutually substantially identical and each including a basin-shaped portion and peripheral edge portions extending outwardly from the rim of the basin-shaped portion and lying in a common plane, said second walls having said edge portions thereof sealed to said first wall thereby together with said first wall enclosing said compartments, a separate easily rupturable means for each of said compartments for facilitating opening of the compartments, said means for said second compartment consisting of a reduced unattached extension of one of the edge portions of said second wall of said second compartment to provide a pull tab and continuous substantially parallel tear lines extending from said tab through said second wall of said second compartment for a substantial distance, said means for said first compartment consisting of a tear line extending through one edge portion of the rim of the basin portion of said second wall thereof and through said first wall.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,306,335 12/ 1942 Feigenbutz 22966 2,339,283 1/1944 Mendel 206632 2,391,094 12/1945 Karg 20663.2 2,756,875 7/1956 Yochim 206--47 3,083,821 4/1963 Woodson 20647 3,095,291 6/1963 Robbins 20647 3,114,643 12/1963 Boston.

3,186,628 6/ 1965 Rohde 229--66 FOREIGN PATENTS 609,547 11/1960 Great Britain.

LOUIS G. MANCENE, Primary Examiner. 

